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  • World Industry News

  • Exploration & Discoveries

  • Drilling & Completion

  • Development & Production

  • Licensing & Concessions
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  • Geosciences

  • Health Safety & Environment

  • Company News

  • Oil & Gas Prices

  • Events
    •   World Industry News
    (2/24/2006) Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq oil facility struck by suicide bombers
    (2/23/2006) Ecuador pipeline protest halted for government-protestor talks (update)
    ...More World Industry News
      Exploration & Discoveries
    (2/24/2006) DNO finds gas at Yemen Nabrajah well
    (2/24/2006) JKX spuds Ignatovskoye well onshore Ukraine
    (2/24/2006) Toreador's Dogu Ayazli well successful off Turkey
    (2/24/2006) Reliance spuds exploration well offshore Mumbai
    (2/24/2006) DNO discovers new Yemen oilfield in Hadramaut
    (2/24/2006) Eni discovers natural gas offshore Aceh province
    (2/23/2006) Santos targeting Timor Sea gas exploration
    (2/23/2006) Hycarbex-American Energy drilling Pakistan probe
    (2/23/2006) Ascent spuds West Virginia shale gas well
    (2/23/2006) Anzon brings on Bass Strait's Manta-2a
    ...More Exploration & Discoveries
      Drilling & Completion
    (2/24/2006) Maersk sells 2 drilling barges to Lonestar
    (2/23/2006) Kosmos contracts Peregrine drillship for West Africa
    ...More Drilling & Completion
      Development & Production
    (2/26/2006) ExxonMobil cuts Venezuela Cerro Negro activities
    (2/26/2006) Petrobangla wants Niko to drill Tengratila producers
    (2/26/2006) Shell suspends Canada's Muskeg River oil sands output
    (2/24/2006) Chevron to develop Netherlands' North Sea blocks
    (2/24/2006) Mauritania's Chinguetti Field to flow today
    (2/23/2006) Big Sky completing well 30 on Kazakh Karatal Block
    (2/23/2006) Petrobras puts shallow water Peroa Field onstream
    ...More Development & Production
      Licensing & Concessions
    (2/26/2006) Holders relinquishing smaller Venezuelan fields
    (2/26/2006) Majors to be awarded 2 South Pars phase developments (update)
    (2/24/2006) Socar seeking development of ACG deep reserves
    (2/24/2006) Madagascar awards largest onshore block to JV
    (2/24/2006) Eight new offshore Western Australia blocks awarded
    (2/24/2006) Pacific Energy Resources out to buy field off California
    (2/24/2006) Antrim buys onshore Argentina Medianera Block
    (2/24/2006) Egypt offering 8 new frontier exploration blocks
    (2/24/2006) Petrofac completes buy of UK North Sea field interest
    (2/23/2006) BLM pulls in $9.4 million on Utah land sale (update)
    (2/23/2006) Indonesia's president says ExxonMobil to operate Cepu
    (2/23/2006) Centurion buys private US firm with Egypt assets
    (2/23/2006) Pioneer selling deepwater US Gulf assets to Marubeni
    (2/23/2006) Egypt offering 12 on & offshore blocks
    (2/23/2006) India open for bids in 6th NELP licensing round
    (2/23/2006) Petrobras wins 2 Turkish Black Sea blocks
    (2/23/2006) Venezuela asks voluntary 30% royalty from Orinoco operators
    ...More Licensing & Concessions
      Geosciences
    (2/24/2006) Grav-mag survey started on Morocco's Mouanane Block
    (2/23/2006) Bangladesh halts Tullow seismic shoot
    ...More Geosciences
      Health Safety & Environment
    (2/22/2006) Search & rescue helicopter complex set for BP's Miller platform
    (2/22/2006) Cal Dive employee killed on Gannet Field aboard Seawell
    (2/20/2006) Hydro's Grane Field back onstream after brief shutdown
    ...More Health Safety & Environment
      Company News
    (2/24/2006) Hallin to acquire first 2 ROVs from Hydrovision
    (2/24/2006) Shell ordered to pay Ijaw $1.5 billion by Nigeria court
    (2/23/2006) Sevan Drilling established for ultra-deepwater drilling
    (2/23/2006) Aker Kvaerner awarded deepwater umbilicals for Blind Faith
    (2/23/2006) Statoil & Halliburton sign drilling & well tech accord
    ...More Company News
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      Oil & Gas Prices
    Grade Fri. 2/24
    Oil (US$ per bbl crude)
    OPEC Basket 57.17
    0.0%
    Minas 59.87
    -2.0%
    Bonny Light 60.66
    -2.0%
    N. Sea Brent 59.64
    -1.8%
    Forties 60.06
    -2.0%
    Urals/Mediterranean 55.16
    -2.1%
    Alaska N. Slope 59.54
    -1.3%
    W. Texas Intermediate 61.84
    -1.2%
    Gas (US$ per mmbtu)
    Henry Hub* 7.53
    -0.4%
    UK Day Ahead** 51.50
    -7.2%
    *US$ per MMBTUs
    **UK pence per therm
    All prices are indicative only. OGI accepts no responsibility for their accuracy.
    Price Details & Analysis
      Industry Events
    February 26-March 1
    Middle East Corrosion Conference, Bahrain, Bahrain
    February 28-March 2
    Subsea Tieback Conference & Exhibition, Galveston, Texas USA
    March 5-6
    Gas Arabia, United Arab Emirates
    March 5-8
    New Zealand Petroleum Conference, Auckland, New Zealand
    March 6-7
    CERI North American Natural Gas Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    March 7
    2006 Global Energy Forum, Houston, Texas USA
    March 8
    IADC Spring Meeting, Houston, Texas USA
    March 8-9
    Asia Upstream 2006, Singapore
    March 9-10
    China Oil & Gas Summit 2006, Beijing, China
    March 12-16
    NACExpo Annual Conference & Exposition, San Diego, California USA
    ...More Events

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